Movies Like Dune That Sci-Fi Fans Need To Watch
By Robert King
If you're looking for a movie like "Dune" with a bizarre vision of the future — a unique, remarkable setting with a dark tone — Bong Joon-Ho's "Snowpiercer" is for you. Adapted from the dystopian graphic novel "Le Transperceneige" by French creator Jacques Lob, the story is set aboard a seemingly endless train that continually circles the globe. The world is covered in snow and ice after an apocalyptic environmental disaster, and all that remains of humanity is now relegated to life aboard the "Snowpiercer" locomotive.
In this allegory about class struggle, the front of the train is where the wealthy and upper class live in luxury, while the lower classes get poorer the further back on the train you go, with worse and worse conditions towards the end of the train. In the last cars, we meet Curtis, Gilliam, and Edgar, who lead an unprecedented uprising against the wealthy and must fight their way to the front of the train to take down Minister Mason, the leader of the mobile civilization. Much like "Dune," "Snowpiercer" boasted a star-studded cast featuring Chris Evans, John Hurt, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Octavia Spencer, and Tilda Swinton. It received rave reviews upon its release, and was further adapted into a television series that continued to expanded on its post-apocalyptic world.
